Way for a new trial. In a was a 4 3 ruling, the states Court Of Appeals found mr weinstein did not get a fair trial, saying the judge made a mistake by allowing women to testify about allegations that were not part of the charges he faced. The accusations against mr weinstein began in 2017. They sparked the movement known as metoo that exposed sexual abuse at the highest levels of hollywood and beyond. The 72 year old will remain in prison, serving a 16 year sentence for rape in a separate case in la that conviction is not directly affected by this ruling. Emma vardy has more from los angeles. When Harvey Weinstein one of the most powerful men in hollywood was accused of rape, it led to an outpouring about a culture of Sexual Assault and misogyny experienced by women Around The World what became known as the Metoo Movement. Many women came forward, accusing Harvey Weinstein of forcing them into sex. For years, there was a fear of speaking out, they said, because of his ability to make or break careers. But now, the Rape Conviction against Harvey Weinstein that came out of the Metoo Movement has been overturned in new york. The court of appeal said prosecutors had called witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him. That meant, it said, he was unfairly tried for past behaviour. Harvey weinstein was also convicted of rape in a separate case here in la. Last year, he was sentenced to 16 years for raping a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel. He will remain in prison while a decision is made in new york over whether to retry him. Harvey weinstein� s lawyer has commended the appeals court, he said for upholding the principles that should govern a criminal trial. In this courthouse behind us, at that trial, the law was not applied fairly to Harvey Weinstein. You cant throw out 100 years of legal precedent because someone is unpopular. Harvey weinstein� s conviction in california is also being appealed. His legal team are looking into what implications the new york ruling could have here. Emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. One of the first women to go public with allegations against Harvey Weinstein was actress ashleyjudd. She says the court overturning his 2020 conviction is an act of institutional betrayal. Speaking to the bbc, she shared more reaction to the decision. Its a hard day for survivors but we live in our truth, we know what happened, and the truth is consistent. You know, when harvey sexually harassed me and defamed and interfered with my economic and creative opportunities after i escaped him in that hotel room in 1996, i told anyone who would listen. I was filming Kiss The Girls at the time. I went straight to the set and told gary fleder, the director, told the screenplay writer, told my agent and no one listened and there were all the Systems Thatjust not only tolerated, but enabled him both men and women at the time. And part of whats so important about the Metoo Movement is not only do men who stay silent about other mens violence longer no tolerate that, but that we end impunity. Here in washington, the Us Supreme Court heard arguments over whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted for actions he took while in office. Mr trump claims he is entitled to absolute immunity, shielding him from being charged for allegedly attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Thejustices, however, were split on just how much immunity mrtrump should be granted. The bbc� s gary odonohoe has more from the us� s top court. Around three hours or so of arguments before thejustices quite a quite a long session. And the question, the essential question, does a president , does donald trump have immunity from criminal prosecution for acts he committed while he was in the white house . Now, the previous courts have said no to that question. Donald trumps lawyers say yes, and theres constitutional basis. But jack smith, the Special Counsel who is, of course, prosecuting donald trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and the events around january the sixth and the attack on the capitol, he says no one is above the law, and thats what the justices have been wrestling with. They, i think, were pretty sceptical of the idea of total immunity from prosecution. Now, that may be bad news for donald trump, but they also may want to make a kind of distinction between acts done as a private citizen or for private reasons, and acts done as official as part of the officialjob. And that may mean they push this back down to the lower courts, which could delay the case even further. And were already looking at a very tight timetable forjack smith, the Special Counsel, to bring this case before the election. Donald trump himself was not in Washington He was in a courtroom in new york, where the first ever criminal trial of a us president is under way, and he addressed the Supreme Court case. The Us Supreme Court had a monumental hearing on immunity and the immunity having to do with the president ial immunity. And i think it was made clear i hope it was made clear that a president has to have immunity or you dont have a president or, at most, you cam say they would be a ceremonial president. Thats not the founders had in mind. Theyre not talking about ceremonial we want president s that can get things done and bring people together. So, i heard the meeting was quite amazing. Quite amazing. And thejustices were on their game. In new york, donald trump is accused of covering up the Hush Money Payment to an adult film star, which he denies. On day seven, the key witness was former National Enquirer publisher david pecker. He testified for more than four hours, discussing the work that he said he did for former President Donald Trump, whom he called � the boss. Nada tawfik has the details. The first witness, david pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, was back on the stand, giving more testimony about the alleged � catch and kill� scheme that he was a part of, along with President Donald Trump and Michael Cohen, allegedly. Now, he said that when a former playboy model, karen mcdougal, was shopping her story about an alleged affair with donald trump, that Michael Cohen directed him to pay her 150,000 to suppress her story. He said the boss meaning donald trump would take care of the payment. But then, david pecker said his counsel advised him against being reimbursed, and he said that they thought it was a Campaign Finance violation, that payment. So, david pecker, when it came to being told about Stormy Daniels and her story, he said that he refused to pay her 130,000 to buy her story, instead telling Michael Cohen that the boss would probably want him cohen, to buy it to suppress the story. But then, we heard from the defence and in their questioning, they really sought to get pecker to really characterise the catch and kill scheme, as prosecutors have put it as Standard Operating Procedure for a tabloid and not a criminal conspiracy that violated electoral laws. The defence asked him about that and he said yes, they often did buy stories and not publish them, and that he often suppressed stories for celebrities such as arnold schwarzenegger, tiger woods and even a high profile democrat rahm emanuel, the former white house chief of staff for barack 0bama. The Un Relief Agency for palestinians is warning about Disease Outbreaks in gaza amid worsening weather conditions, lack of sufficient water and waste disposal. The us military confirmed it started the construction of a temporary pier off the coast of gaza to boost aid deliveries. Following reports that the Israel Defense forces are preparing for a Ground Offensive in the city of rafah, Satellite Images show new Tent Encampments in southern gaza. Wyre davis has more. Its pretty clear now that israels preparations for this much anticipated, much heralded assault on rafah, in southern gaza, are gathering pace. Theres been an all day meeting of the israeli war cabinet. It is still israels intentions to finish off hamas, notjust politically but also militarily. According to israeli sources, about 25 of hamas� s Fighting Force remains, along with the leadership, and most of it is thought to be in rafah in southern gaza. Alongside, though, of course, it must be remembered that about 130 hostages, those that were taken and abducted into gaza on october 7. So, theres also 1. 5 million gazans or thereabouts, internal refugees, thought to be in rafah, and that is why the International Community in particular, The Americans and british and other allies of israel have urged israel not to undertake this big, full scale Military Operation in order to get or to facilitate the movement of some of those internal refugees because theres already a humanitarian crisis in gaza and the prospect of a big Military Operation alongside more than a million internal refugees is something a lot of people dont want to consider. The one thing that might prevent a big Military Operation happening is if peace talks, or talks about a ceasefire between the israelis and hamas, were suddenly to get somewhere. Those peace talks havent really got anywhere in recent days. The mediators, the egyptians in particular and qataris, have expressed some frustration at the big distance between the two sides. There are reports in israel tonight that egyptian negotiators are due to meet the israelis, perhaps with a view to getting those talks about a ceasefire going again. But as things stand, but as things stand, there are no talks about a ceasefire and israels Military Operation is still looking as though it will happen at some point in the nearfuture. It has been nearly a month since seven workers from the World Central Kitchen Aid Group were killed in gaza by israeli forces. On thursday, they were remembered in a ceremony held in washington. The founder of the us based charity Chefjose Andres gave an emotional eulogy at the memorial service, saying they risked everything to feed people they didnt know. With his Voice Breaking at times, he demanded more answers from the israeli army. I know we all have many Unanswered Questions about what happened, and why. There is excuse for these killings. None. The official explanation is not good enough and we are still, obviously, demanding an investigation into the actions of the idf against ourteam. Even one innocent life taken is one too many. Stu d e nts students at us universities are continuing to protest against the war in gaza. The Commencement Ceremony was cancelled, it traditionally hosts about 65,000 students and their loved ones. 0n hosts about 65,000 students and their loved ones. On thursday afternoon, officers and activists clashed at Emory University in atlanta, georgia. Several students and the professor arrested. Police have arrested hundreds of people at us campuses, including columbia, brown and the university of texas. President biden was greeted by science saying genocidejoe upon his arrival at an official Campaign Eventin arrival at an official Campaign Event in syracuse new york. Students at Yale University told the bbc they blame him and the Us Government for supplying weapons that israel has used in its bombardment of gaza. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at a Big Story Making Use of the uk. Scotlands first minister humza yousaf faces the threat of being ousted after his partys former Coalition Partner said they will vote against him when he faces a No Confidence Vote in parliament. The greens said on thursday theylljoin some other parties to vote against the Scottish National party leader. Yousaf had ended a Power Sharing Agreement between the snp and the greens just hours earlier. The Coalition Ran into trouble over a failure to meet a key Climate Change target and a dispute over transgender healthcare. It is now myjudgement that the balance has shifted. The bute house agreement was intended to provide stability to the scottish government, and it is made possible a number of achievements, but it has served its purpose. The first minister has decided, im sorry to say, to capitulate to the most reactionary, backward looking forces within the snp, and its the opposite of what is in scotlands best interests. The vote could come next week. Youre live with bbc news. Antony blinken is meeting chinas Foreign Minister as part of a troop aimed at reducing tensions between the two countries. Blinken and wannyi are expected to discuss restoring connections between the us and chinese militaries and the ukrainian wall. He spoke about direct engagement, saying china and the us must resolve their differences responsibly although tensions have eased between the two nations since last year. This agreement on issues such as trade and security remain. Tom bateman is travelling with mr brinkmann. 0ne one of the main messages will be about the war in ukraine. Its a warning, really, from The Americans to the chinese, urging them to curb the us says it is the export of machine tools, of microchips that they say russia is using to build weapons for its war in ukraine and they want the chinese to stop exporting those components. Secretary blinken has called china the primary contributor to russias military Industrial Base when it comes to the war in ukraine, soa it comes to the war in ukraine, so a warning there but the chinese already countered this, they have hit back, and called it a groundless accusation, first of all. Also saying that The Americans are being hypocritical. It was only days before mr blinken flew here to china that Congress Passed a multibillion dollar package of little assistance for the ukrainians, so thats why china says this is effectively american hypocrisy. Whats going on with the chinese here, i think, is that they are pushing back on The Americans. They say that washington is trying to contain them commercially, trying to encircle them geopolitically. The american say, well, they would lift sanctions or tariffs if beijing changes its behaviour. So, there is still a lot of friction, a lot of about this relationship. But weve also heard more about the desire, i think by both sides, to try to stabilise this relationship, keep it on an even keel and the first part of this visit in shanghai, mr blinken said they have a responsibility to the whole world to manage the relationship and the most Senior Chinese Communist Party official in shanghai said the us and china can choose, in his words, between cooperation or confrontation, and he said the whole of humanity had its fate resting on how they manage the relationship. Tom bateman reporting. To haiti, where a new Transitional Council have been sworn in following the resignation of Prime Minister ariel henri. The government shake up follows a recent surge in Gang Violence across the nation. The group, which is backed by other caribbean nations and the us, will try to restore order and democratic rule in haiti. More now with our Caroll Spinney and correspondent who is in haiti and i understand you are there for this Swearing In Ceremony and there are Champagne Toasts but also a few streets away there was gunfire in the streets . Talk us through this moment and what it means for the country. Means for the country. There were actually means for the country. There were actually two means for the country. T